com.novell.admin.ns
Class StringStrategy

java.lang.Object
  com.novell.admin.ns.StringStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Strategy, ValueStrategy

public abstract class StringStrategy

extends java.lang.Object

implements ValueStrategy

Abstract class which may be extended for syntax strategies that use String as the value type.

Methods in this class and any subclasses are not intended to be used directly by an application. These methods are intended to be use by ValueComponent and syntax classes.

Constructor Summary

StringStrategy()

Method Summary

boolean	canCreateValue(java.lang.Object obj) Checks to see if a Value could be created from some object.
long	compare(ValueComponent obj1, ValueComponent obj2) Compares one StringValue to another for sorting.
ValueComponent	createValueComponent() Creates a StringValue using an empty string as the default.
ValueComponent	createValueComponent(java.lang.Object obj) Creates a StringValue from an Object.
boolean	equals(ValueComponent obj1, ValueComponent obj2) Tests to see one ValueComponent is equal to another.
protected boolean	equalsIgnoreCase(ValueComponent obj1, ValueComponent obj2) Performs an ignore-case equals test for two StringValue components.
boolean	isLegalString(java.lang.String s) Checks to see if a string contains only legal characters.
boolean	isWithinBounds(ValueComponent comp, long lowerBound, long upperBound) Tests to see a ValueComponent is within bounds.
protected boolean	stringIsValid(java.lang.String validChars, java.lang.String s) Checks to see if a String contains only valid characters.
java.lang.String	toString(ValueComponent obj) Converts a ValueComponent to a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.novell.admin.ns.ValueStrategy

getSyntax

Constructor Detail

StringStrategy

public StringStrategy()

Method Detail

canCreateValue

public boolean canCreateValue(java.lang.Object obj)

Checks to see if a Value could be created from some object.

Specified by:

canCreateValue in interface ValueStrategy

Parameters:

obj - The object to test against.

Returns:

True if 'obj' could be used to construct a Value, false otherwise.

compare

public long compare(ValueComponent obj1,
                    ValueComponent obj2)

Compares one StringValue to another for sorting.

Specified by:

compare in interface Strategy

Parameters:

obj1 - First value component which must be a StringValue.

obj2 - Second value component which must be a StringValue.

Returns:

0 if equal, greater than 1 for obj1>obj2 or less than 1 for obj1See Also:

ValueComponent.compareTo(ValueComponent)

createValueComponent

public ValueComponent createValueComponent()

Creates a StringValue using an empty string as the default.

Specified by:

createValueComponent in interface Strategy

Returns:

A newly created StringValue.

createValueComponent

public ValueComponent createValueComponent(java.lang.Object obj)
                                    throws ComponentCreationException

Creates a StringValue from an Object.

Specified by:

createValueComponent in interface Strategy

Parameters:

obj - Object used to create the Value.

Returns:

Newly created Value.

Throws:

ComponentCreationException - if Object can't be used to create the Value.

equals

public boolean equals(ValueComponent obj1,
                      ValueComponent obj2)

Tests to see one ValueComponent is equal to another.

Specified by:

equals in interface Strategy

Parameters:

obj1 - First ValueComponent which must be a StringValue.

obj2 - Second ValueComponent which should be a StringValue.

Returns:

True if the two StringValues are identical, false otherwise.

See Also:

ValueComponent.equals(Object)

equalsIgnoreCase

protected final boolean equalsIgnoreCase(ValueComponent obj1,
                                         ValueComponent obj2)

Performs an ignore-case equals test for two StringValue components.

Parameters:

obj1 - First StringValue.

obj2 - Second StringValue.

Returns:

True if the two StringValues are equal, false otherwise.

isLegalString

public boolean isLegalString(java.lang.String s)

Checks to see if a string contains only legal characters.

Classes which extend this class should override this method and enforce any restrictions on allowed characters.

Parameters:

s - The String to check.

Returns:

True.

isWithinBounds

public boolean isWithinBounds(ValueComponent comp,
                              long lowerBound,
                              long upperBound)

Tests to see a ValueComponent is within bounds.

Specified by:

isWithinBounds in interface Strategy

Parameters:

comp - The component to test.

lowerBound - The lower bound for the test.

upperBound - The upper bound for the test.

Returns:

true is the ValueComponent is within lowerBound and upperBound, false otherwise.

stringIsValid

protected boolean stringIsValid(java.lang.String validChars,
                                java.lang.String s)

Checks to see if a String contains only valid characters.

Parameters:

validChars - A String containing all valid characters.

s - The String to check.

Returns:

true if 's' only contains characters found in 'validChars'.

toString

public java.lang.String toString(ValueComponent obj)

Converts a ValueComponent to a string.

Specified by:

toString in interface Strategy

Parameters:

obj - ValueComponent to convert.

Returns:

The string representation of this ValueComponent.

See Also:

ValueComponent.toString()